Standard Triumph Works Directory

Did you work at the Standard or Triumph – at Canley, Radford, Banner Lane, Northey Road, Allesley, Tile Hill, Western Avenue (London), Bordesley Green (Birmingham), Speke (Liverpool), Berkeley Square (London) or any of the associated sites/companies associated with Standard Triumph? If so, we’d love to hear from you to build a database of names associated with the Standard and Triumph company. Read More HERE.

List of Names (Surnames First)

Submit a name
To add a name, click on the ‘Submit a Name’ link above.
Please add the surname first. Use the format: Smith, John in the name field, then add a description; here you can include a role, location, service dates etc plus any other information you think may be of interest, finishing with your name (you may be submitting on behalf of a family member). Don’t worry how much – or little – you write in the description box – everything helps!
PLEASE NOTE: By using the ‘submit name’ element on the site we DO NOT get any record of you or your email and sometimes we’d love to get in touch with you, but we can’t! Please either drop your email details on the entry (don’t worry we won’t publish that) or a separate email to say ‘hello’.
Thank you.
We’d love you to get involved with this project. You can email us your info to iwas@standardtriumphworks.co.uk or post a name directly on the ‘submit name’ link.

September 2018 Update:
The archive has now over 2,400 name entries and with 424 articles on the site. During May, 2018 we reached 100,000 website hits. Take a look at the Latest News posts to see the articles.

Thank you for all the submissions in the database. In addition some people have articles, info, memories and photos. We’ll show everything, that comes in, at some point soon, please bear with us. We still need more… Email your stories today!

Would you like to contribute regularly to the site? Let us know.

NB. Due to SPAM attacks registration to the site is currently suspended. Genuine people please get in touch via email. Thank you.
This website was launched February 1, 2017.

NEW: Recognise Anyone? A selection of people we need your help identifying. CLICK HERE

LATEST POSTS

• Help required… - Another fabulous photograph – but no details. Can you help?
• Stop the Track! - The worst sin that could be committed in the assembly hall was to stop the track.
• Mick Carroll – Herald Trim & Final Finish - Mick Carroll (67), a fitter in Herald Trim and Finish, Canley, retired after 15 years’ service.
• Pat Kenny - Pat Kenny, a truck driver in Engine Despatch, Canley, has been included in Ireland’s boxing team for the Olympics.
• Charlie Johnson and Bill Baker - Two stalwarts of the Inspection Department retired recently after long service.
• Standard Triumph Cricket – Part 1 - We have a number of photographs featuring the cricket teams at Standard Triumph.
• D R Pearson - MR D. R. PEARSON joined Standard Triumph in 1948 as an apprentice draughtsman at Coventry. After completing his apprenticeship Mr Pearson did two years national service in the Royal Air Force, and re-joined the Company afterwards in Aero Planning Department, at Coventry.
• Full Employment – Overtime and More Jobs - Reproduced from the 1963 in-house newspaper the optimism for the year end was apparent at Standard Triumph.
• Forward Radiator – Bordesley Green - Of the 53 years that the Forward Radiator Company of Bordesley Green Road, Birmingham, was in existence, the last decade was undoubtedly the most dramatic in the company’s long history.
• Retirement? - Apologies for the grainy photograph but there may be enough clues.

 

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Alternatively, take a look at our Triumph Herald Book, documenting the launch of one of Triumph’s most popular cars. Sales from this book are supporting this site.

We’d love you to help with the archive. Send any details in, or contribute to the site regularly. We love to hear the everyday stories that, without you, will be lost. Email us today.

We are currently looking for sponsorship for this website, to enable further development of the archive, to cover costs and future initiatives. If you would like to get involved, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you – please email: iwas@standardtriumphworks.co.uk